13 Things I Ate in Mongolia

There is a saying in Mongolia: “Breakfast is for yourself, lunch is for friends and family, and supper is for enemies.” The idea is that you eat the most at the beginning of the day and the least at the end. Things have changed. They still make an entire meal of breakfast, but we had some three course suppers too. Between meals we were treated to many home made foods. Here is some of what I ate:

1. yogurt
2. cheese curd
3. marmot
4. freshly made cheese
5. milk tea (actually, I skipped because I wasn’t sure I could get away with it. Now I’m thinking it probably would have been ok, I’m kicking myself for skipping)
6. fermented mare’s milk
7. beer
8. beef dumplings
9. beef slices in gravy
10. beef
11. potato salad
12. horse dumplings
13. pulled goat